Written in the 1880s and not published until 1903 after Butler's death, the semi-autobiographical story of the Pontifex family savages the bourgeois Victorian family and its values. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The novel's narrative structure mirrors the protagonist's journey towards self-discovery and liberation, making it a compelling and thought-provoking read for those interested in 19th-century literature.

Written in the tradition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, English novelist, essayist, and iconoclast Samuel Butler (1835-1902) describes an imaginary visit to a topsy-turvy country called Erewhon (an anagram of "nowhere"), where it ...

The book is a satire on Victorian society.The first few chapters of the novel dealing with the discovery of Erewhon are in fact based on Butler's own experiences in New Zealand, where, as a young man, he worked as a sheep farmer on ...

In 'The Note-Books of Samuel Butler', the reader is immersed in a collection of witty and thought-provoking aphorisms, reflections, and observations on various topics ranging from art and literature to human nature and society.